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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Glenn C. Loury
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute on Race and Social Division Boston University
Tariq Modood
Affiliation:
Professor of Sociology, Politics, and Public Policy and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship University of Bristol
Steven M. Teles
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Politics Brandeis University
Glenn C. Loury
Affiliation:
Boston University
Tariq Modood
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Steven M. Teles
Affiliation:
Brandeis University, Massachusetts
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Summary

Edited volumes are, by their very nature, a compilation of the views of different minds. And yet, in most cases, those different minds are chosen for a purpose. In the case at hand that purpose can be intuited from the title of this volume: Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy: Comparing the USA and UK. The assumptions underlying the editors' efforts in bringing these many scholars together are essentially twofold: that social mobility is a heterogeneous phenomenon – not functioning the same way in every society and for every social group; and, that the social markers of ethnicity and race matter in the study of social mobility. Ethnicity and race are causally related to social mobility for the obvious reason that actors in society at large distribute mobility – relevant goods with those markers in mind, but also because those markers represent real social formations in the context of which mobility-relevant goods are produced and nurtured. Our view is that, in discerning how these effects play themselves out, analytical leverage is gained by making reference to the broadest possible range of groups and social settings. This we attempt to do in this volume. This introductory essay will elaborate on and defend these assumptions, and then connect them to the structure and content of the book.

Social mobility – what is it?

The editors of this volume view social mobility not as a single, homogeneous phenomenon, but rather as a cluster of interdependent social processes.

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Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy
Comparing the USA and UK
, pp. 1 - 18
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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  • Introduction
    • By Glenn C. Loury, Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute on Race and Social Division Boston University, Tariq Modood, Professor of Sociology, Politics, and Public Policy and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship University of Bristol, Steven M. Teles, Assistant Professor of Politics Brandeis University
  • Edited by Glenn C. Loury, Boston University, Tariq Modood, University of Bristol, Steven M. Teles, Brandeis University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489228.001
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  • Introduction
    • By Glenn C. Loury, Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute on Race and Social Division Boston University, Tariq Modood, Professor of Sociology, Politics, and Public Policy and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship University of Bristol, Steven M. Teles, Assistant Professor of Politics Brandeis University
  • Edited by Glenn C. Loury, Boston University, Tariq Modood, University of Bristol, Steven M. Teles, Brandeis University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489228.001
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  • Introduction
    • By Glenn C. Loury, Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute on Race and Social Division Boston University, Tariq Modood, Professor of Sociology, Politics, and Public Policy and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship University of Bristol, Steven M. Teles, Assistant Professor of Politics Brandeis University
  • Edited by Glenn C. Loury, Boston University, Tariq Modood, University of Bristol, Steven M. Teles, Brandeis University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489228.001
Available formats
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